About Natalie
Natalie Cunningham is an AASW-accredited social worker who has worked in Australia for eight years. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing relationship and family tensions. Natalie also works with people dealing with low self-esteem and life transitions.
She aims to listen without judgement and tailor each session to the person's needs. Her style is warm and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit everyday life.
How Natalie works
Natalie draws on techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioural approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns. She also uses attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening to understand how relationships shape feelings. Natalie has supported people through a wide range of issues including abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family challenges, and caregiving stress.
She has experience with chronic illness, body image, and the emotional impact of cancer. That background helps when practical challenges sit alongside emotional ones. Conversations with Natalie are collaborative.
She will help you build coping skills for anxiety, tools for clearer communication, and ways to boost confidence. Sessions move at a pace that suits you and focus on what feels most useful right now. Natalie offers sessions in English and does not take international clients.
She works online using a mix of formats to fit different routines and commitments.
Natalie lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Natalie works with
The areas below are the ones Natalie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, so they can act in line with what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, ongoing stress, and big life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change habits that keep problems going, which can help with worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape expectations and reactions, and it helps when relationship patterns or trust issues cause ongoing distress.Natalie will work with the person to find the right mix of approaches. She treats the choice of methods as a joint decision, matching techniques to the client's goals, values and day-to-day routine. That collaborative process helps keep therapy relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counselling flexible. Video calls are good for longer conversations and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit quick updates, notes between sessions, or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health commitments.
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